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supervisor, michael mcclendon, a friend of rockefeller, came to the engineer's defense. >> to say safety was something uncommon to him, it was everyday practices for him. >> reporter: the governor of new york wants m.t.a. employees to participate in a safety review and, scott, the cleanup here at the scene has progressed to the point where one of the tracks will be back open tomorrow ready for the morning commute. >> pelley: jeff pegues at the crash site on the harlem river. thanks very much. that n.t.s.b. investigator you saw in jeff's report said the train wreck could have been prevented by something called a positive train control system or p.t.c. congress ordered railroads to install the system by 2015, but most-- including new york's metro north-- have not done that and here's bill whitaker. >> reporter: this 2008 collision in los angeles between a commuter and freight train took the lives of 25 people and prompted congress to act. los angeles is working to be the first city to get the p.t.c. safety system up and running. richard katz is one of the directors of metrolink, l.a.'s com
supervisor, michael mcclendon, a friend of rockefeller, came to the engineer's defense. >> to say safety was something uncommon to him, it was everyday practices for him. >> reporter: the governor of new york wants m.t.a. employees to participate in a safety review and, scott, the cleanup here at the scene has progressed to the point where one of the tracks will be back open tomorrow ready for the morning commute. >> pelley: jeff pegues at the crash site on the harlem river....
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and jim axelrod introduces us to math genius john urschel who sure knows how to divide a defensive line. >> i feel like it's what i'm here to do. >> reporter: which one, the football or the math? >> both. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, well, the curve was sharp and the train was going way too fast. late today, federal investigators say that the commuter train was bolting down the track at 82 miles an hour as it approaches the 30 miles an hour zone in the bronx, new york, early yesterday. cars from the metro north train flew off the tracks and nearly into the harlem river. four people were killed. some were thrown from the train. 75 others were hurt and 11 of them critically injured. investigators are poring over the data from the trains black boxes to find out why this happened. we have a team of correspondents covering the story starting with jeff pegues at the crash scene. jeff? >> reporter: investigators were able to determine the speed of the train from the black box which is show the throttle was cut and the br
and jim axelrod introduces us to math genius john urschel who sure knows how to divide a defensive line. >> i feel like it's what i'm here to do. >> reporter: which one, the football or the math? >> both. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, well, the curve was sharp and the train was going way too fast. late today, federal investigators say that the commuter train was bolting down the track at...
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it says the state forestry division knew that wind would push active fire towards non- defensible structures but that firefighters working downwind were not promptly removed. this report goes further than one in september that cited only a failure of communications. at that time, we spoke to julie ann ashcraft whose husband andrew was killed. >> what this has done is exposed they are not mitigating risks the way they should for such a dangerous job. there should have been things to mitigate these risks before because this could have been prevented. >> reporter: today's report says the 19 who died were not the only ones put at risk that day. there were multiple incidents of firefighters being unnecessarily and unreasonably exposed to the deadly hazards of wild land firefighting. the $559,000 fine includes $25,000 for each of the firefighters killed. that money, scott, will be paid directly to the firefighters' families. >> pelley: john blackstone in our los angeles newsroom tonight. john, thank you. today the white house said the president's health insurance web site is working much better. t
it says the state forestry division knew that wind would push active fire towards non- defensible structures but that firefighters working downwind were not promptly removed. this report goes further than one in september that cited only a failure of communications. at that time, we spoke to julie ann ashcraft whose husband andrew was killed. >> what this has done is exposed they are not mitigating risks the way they should for such a dangerous job. there should have been things to...
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across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration first with more targeted spending cuts-- particularly to defense-- but also by raising user fees for government services like those security fees you pay when you buy an airline ticket. republican paul ryan and democrat patti murray have been negotiating ever since the government shutdown ended two months ago. >> i see this agreement as a step in the right direction. in divided government, you don't always get what you want. that said, we still can make progress toward our goals. >> so this deal doesn't solve all of our problems but i think it's an important step in helping to heal the wounds here in congress. >> reporter: they succeeded where so many other deals have fallen apart because they scaled back their ambitions. they didn't try to dramatically cut the debt or reform entitlements or raise taxes they simply tried to get congress back to a normal operation, scott, where they fund the government once a year instead of these stopgap measures that only last a few months and set up these crises. >> reporter: nancy, this is a bipartisan agreement
across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration first with more targeted spending cuts-- particularly to defense-- but also by raising user fees for government services like those security fees you pay when you buy an airline ticket. republican paul ryan and democrat patti murray have been negotiating ever since the government shutdown ended two months ago. >> i see this agreement as a step in the right direction. in divided government, you don't always get what you want. that said,...